“You’re free when you realize you’re willing to go to the length that’s necessary.” Wendell Berry – October, 2013

Posted on Nov 14, 2013
“You’re free when you realize you’re willing to go to the length that’s necessary.”  Wendell Berry – October, 2013

Various inspirations from a Bill Moyers interview with Wendell Berry. Broadcast on Oct. 4, 2013.   The Peace of Wild Things By Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I […]

Growing Spartina Alterniflora: Suggestions/Contacts

Posted on Nov 13, 2013
Growing Spartina Alterniflora: Suggestions/Contacts

Conversing with Joanie McLean of Mellow Marsh Farm in North Carolina unearthed the following… Spartina Alterniflora is hard to grow from seed, and particularly hard to winter over. Seeds need to be watered and drained frequently to simulate the tide.  When watered, they must be fully saturated with water and then drained completely. Because it’s […]

growing spartina alterniflora from seed

Posted on Nov 13, 2013
growing spartina alterniflora from seed

growing salt marsh grass from seed

salt marsh problems

Posted on Nov 13, 2013
salt marsh problems

some research on the problems facing existing salt marshes today: This conclusion, which surprised the scientists, emerged from a long-term, large-scale study of salt marsh landscapes in an undeveloped coastline section of the Plum Island Estuary in Massachusetts. Over nine years, the scientists added nitrogen and phosphorus to the tidal water flushing through the marsh’s […]

press

Posted on Mar 27, 2013
press

Stephanie Cardon came to Stitching the Shore and wrote a nice description of the evening in Big Red & Shiny Greg Cook interviewed us and wrote about Marsh Radio Island and Stitching the Shore in the new WBUR art blog ARTery Great article by Amy DuFault about Marsh Radio Island at BU’s 808 Gallery. Cate […]

Questions for Stitching the Shore

Posted on Mar 27, 2013
Questions for Stitching the Shore

  Where are you from? Have you ever been to a salt marsh near Boston or elsewhere? What is the first word that comes to your mind when you remember or imagine a salt marsh? What is the sound of a salt marsh? Have you fished on a salt marsh? Have you picnicked on a […]

Marsh Radio Island at the GSD Monday April 1 8pm

Posted on Mar 27, 2013
Marsh Radio Island at the GSD Monday April 1 8pm

Monday April 1, 8:00 pm Harvard Graduate School of Design Stubbins Room Science Art Blender will feature a program of minitalks by artists, scientists and designers exploring collaborative efforts in this fertile nexus. Presenters include: Tangible Topography: Data visualizer Kyuha Shim Multinatural Histories: GSD’s Marcus Owens Synergy: Oceanographer Whitney Bernstein and artist Lizzie Kripke Here […]

Stitching the Shore event

Posted on Feb 25, 2013
Stitching the Shore event

Stitching the Shore Wednesday, March 6th, 6:30 PM 808 Gallery, Boston University A public event by Plotform as part of Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures Hello friends!   We hope you join Jane Marsching and I in a participatory event we’re organizing at BU.  Come on out for a collaborative crochet session to stitch floating salt marsh […]

Take Part

Posted on Feb 14, 2013
Take Part

Great article by Amy DuFault about Marsh Radio Island at BU’s 808 Gallery. One clarification–we did not do a project in Baltimore Harbor–Chris Streb of Biohabitats did.